Funk in a sentence

Since the mid-1990s the nu-funk scene, centered on the Deep Funk collectors scene, is producing new material influenced by the sounds of rare funk 45s.

Funk You at Roots Music Project: For over a decade, Funk You has enchanted audiences with an unmistakably intoxicating blend of modern and vintage sound.

Rhodes would tell a personal story of interacting with Funk when he was 11 years old, and then he would highlight Funk's Hall of Fame career.

The new doctor was raised on the Funk Dairy and is the daughter of Jim and Katherine Wolfe and granddaughter of Donald and Ann Funk, all Nortonville.

Bolden riffs on the etymology of “funk,” the epistemology of blue funk and examines avatars of what he calls “black organic intellectualism” from Duke Ellington to Gil Scott-Heron to D’Angelo.

Green and Funk have also been working with the Civic Engagement Center to plan campus-wide events to “get as many people ready and excited about the election as possible,” according to Funk.

Musicians from Aberdeen take centre stage with performances from the young funk band Hamlet, Colin Black Trio and Funk Connection.

Art “Poppa Funk” Neville, a co-founding member of The Meters passed away at the age of 81. The Meters are one of those groups whose influence and legacy will continue to live on and Poppa Funk was a big part of that.

The Bridge, an upscale restaurant in Old Town Pocatello, has had a funk band called Funk:30 in to play the last three Fridays of every month.

What was a tribute band until a while ago, bringing to life old Hindi film classics of composers such as RD Burman, OP Nayyar, Madan Mohan and AR Rahman, with a jazz and funk twist, has now begun to dabble with the genre of funk.

Characteristics Rhythm The rhythm section of a funk band--the electric bass, drums, electric guitar and keyboards--are the heartbeat of the funk sound.

Charles Earle Funk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.

Funk music of the 1970s was influenced by soul; funk can be seen as an antecedent of hip-hop and contemporary R&B.

Fusion: the samba-funk Also in the 1960s came the samba funk.

He explained that he loved funk music, especially Sly Stone 's music, so he wanted to try to make funk himself.

In a funk or funk rock band, a bass solo may showcase the bassist's percussive slap and pop playing.

P-Funk: Parliament-Funkadelic main George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic in 2006 A new group of musicians began to further develop the "funk rock" approach.

Psychedelic funk or psych-funk Seemingly not a well known or often referred subgenre.

Similar to Prince, other bands emerged during the P-Funk era and began to incorporate uninhibited sexuality, dance-oriented themes, synthesizers and other electronic technologies to continue to craft funk hits.

Solos in metal, funk and progressive rock While bass guitar solos are not common in popular music, some artists, particularly in the heavy metal, funk, and progressive rock genres, do utilize them.